Sketch of the times being Europes memorial for the year 1720
Description:
Title from caption above image., Publication date from watermark and manuscript note on verso., Mounted to 56 x 37 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1824., and Several manuscript notations in ink on mount.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Several lines of text below title: comment se porte mon amie? Moi I am jost come from de England ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Street life -- Store fronts -- Billards --Dogs.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 14th, 1824 by G. Humphrey 24 St. James's Street
A similar scene to BM Satires 14723, on a London pavement. A tailor meets a Frenchified friend, who fingers his high stock. The dialogue: Ah! Jack--! How are ye?-- Devilish well--just crost the water--been to Paris!--Well & how did 'ye like the Cooking? --Confounded good--'pon my soul--Liked their Harrico-Blong-best--What's Harrico Blong! Why you know what Harrico--is don't ye ?--To be sure! It's Mutton Chops & Carrots & Turnips--with wedgables--Very well then! That's it & Blong-- you know's the name o' the first Cook as made it. The tailor, instead of the lean slippered fellow of earlier prints, is fat and almost well-dressed (though vulgar), with watch-chain and seal. He holds a bag; scissors, tape, and pattern-book project from his pocket. On the edge of the pavement facing the houses, partly cut off by the right margin, is a sandwich-man, the first in these prints; besides the usual placard on a pole, he has a board on his back. He is an old sailor with a wooden leg, and ragged, contemptuously amused at the couple. On his placard: Paris & Dover Cheap & Expeditious Travelling Reduced Fares. The board (half): Cov[? entry] Birm[ingham] Boar & . . . Bull. . . White [? Horse Cellar, see BM Satires 14355, &c.] A bull-dog walks on the pavement. On the left a couple (French or in French costume) walk arm-in-arm; glancing back in silent amusement at the two men. Behind are two shops, opposite numbers of those in BM Satires 14723. [1] Bonbons--Patissier--et--Confisseur [sic]. Bottles and jelly-glasses are in the window, with notices: Jellies; Glaces; Diner a la Carte; Déjeune a la Fourchette. Above is a cockatoo in a cage. [2] J. Bullock's Eating House--Alamode Beef. A fat cook stands in the doorway laughing at the two men. Above the door: Genteel Dining Rooms Up Stairs. The window is filled with Hams, Tongues. In a smaller window on the right of the door is a notice: Attics to Lett. Notice-boards lean against the front of the building: [1] Humbug Theatre--Travellers Benighted--Bumo-- Chapter of Blunders. [2] Sadl[er's] We[lls]. [3] Hamiltonion [sic] Lectures-- Languages-- [4] Davis's Royal Amphitheatre Billy Button or the Hunted Tailor --Manager's Last Kick--Real Asses [see BM Satires 11762]. On the extreme left is a (gas) lamp-post of a type prevalent (1950) in smaller London streets. On the wall: F.P. 15 ft, and the sun disk of the Sun Fire Office."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Four lines of text following title., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Sn Fire Offices -- Signs -- Street life -- Store fronts -- Eateries -- Sweet shops -- Dogs -- Signboards.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 14th 1824 by G. Humphrey 24 St. James's Street
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 28 x 21 cm.
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Termporary local subject terms: Violins -- Children -- Dancing lessons -- Musical instruments: Piano.
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: After Cruickshank? -- Dancing -- Children -- Violins.
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Parties., and Watermark [trimmed partially]: J Whatman Turkey Mill.
